This Lent, I’ve been reflecting on the Gospel stories where God encounters people in wilderness places—those in-between spaces where something new has not yet fully emerged. As I consider both my own wilderness seasons and the one the church seems to be navigating, I’m trying to resist the instinct to… Continue reading
And in that space, Jesus expands his imagination: God’s love is not narrow or conditional. It is wide. It is generous. It is for the world. We often interpret in-between seasons as examinations. Prove your faith.Prove your devotion.Prove you’re growing. But Lent is less about proving something and more about… Continue reading
Ash Wednesday (and sermon prepping) brings me back to the wilderness. Each year, Lent begins with an invitation into the wilderness — in the reminder that we are dust and with a reflection on the story of Jesus being led by the Spirit into the desert. Jesus’ experience in the… Continue reading
Waiting is rarely easy—especially when we know something important is on its way but we don’t know exactly when it will arrive. My colleagues were talking recently about the challenge of preparing for a new refrigerator delivery, but the truth behind the humour is real: when something new is coming, we need… Continue reading
The Messiah is coming. Today is the day you’ve been waiting for. Repent—clear out the internal junk that is getting in the way—and get ready to receive the gift that God is sending you. text: Matthew 3:1-12 Have you ever made a significant ordered that took a while to be… Continue reading
The end of the story is that God’s love wins. Christ will return and God’s love wins. We begin there…with that promise. We don’t know when it will happen, but we do know what will happen—Christ will return, and God’s love will win. So we live in expectation and anticipation… Continue reading
Advent does its quiet, steady work, reminding us that the chaos of now does not undo the promise of God’s love. It reminds us that Jesus has already come near, and will come near again. It reminds us to stay awake not out of fear, but out of hope—to notice… Continue reading
As we gather in worship and remember together the promises of God, and we RECEIVE together the gift of love and life, we are free to share that love with those who are different than us in some way. We aren’t trying to prove that we are right or better…. Continue reading
It feels like in so many aspects of public life, locusts are swarming. But what if that’s not the end of the story? “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you.And my people shall never again be put to… Continue reading
ELCIC 2025 Summer Sermon Series Pentecost 11C, Luke 13:10-17 We cannot say we value a day of rest when a person in our gathering is being excluded from that rest. We cannot say we value rest when those who are bound by disease, prejudice, oppression, inequality or our ignorance are… Continue reading